CommentsParis, 19 January 1964A part of the matinée performance on Sunday 19 January was broadcast live by the French radio station Europe 1 in its programme "Musicorama" 1.00-2.00 pm. Listeners heard Trini Lopez,Sylvie Vartan and then five songs by the Beatles (tracks 2-6 of this CD).A short interview with the Beatles was broadcast by Europe 1 the following day,Monday 20 January,probably in Robert Marcy's programme (12.00 noon-12.30 pm).(Further details have proven impossible to research).

The afternoon performance here in Paris was recorded by the French radio station Europe 1, and broadcast on 27 June (1.00-2.00 pm) in the series Musicorama. Additionally the evening performance was broadcast live by Europe 1 (9.00-11.00 pm) titled "Les Beatles (en direct du Palais des Sports)".This same evening performance was also taped by the French television channel 2 and screened on Sunday 31 October (7.30-8.00 pm) in a programme simple titled "Les Beatles". Viewers saw 11 of the 12 songs, although in a different order:"Twist and shout","She's a woman","Ticket to ride","Can't buy me love","I'm a loser","I wanna be your man","A hard day's night","Baby's in black","Rock and roll music","Everybody's trying to be my baby" and "Long tall Sally"-this final song being performed as an encore, a great rarity for a Beatles concert."I feel fine" was taped too,but appears not to have been included in the broadcast.

Mark Lewinsohn, CBC, page 196.

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This is not the first release of the 1964 concert on CD. The five tracks have, in fact, been available for a very long time already: check out the entry 'Live in Paris 1964 and in San Francisco 1966'. As far as I can tell, the only really new recording is the opening track (interview).Anyway, it's a great sounding recording!

I don't know if it's because I'm French, but this live is great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sound's not that good for the first few songs but still some stuff in here is really great.

What is great too are the interviews by French journalists who don't seem to realize all this Beatlemania going on around the world (not that much in France... most French don't understand music at all !!!). During the interviews the four boys make fun of the journalists who don't even seem to understand.

But the best is, of course, music, which reveal that the Beatles were a little tired but still had fun playing live.

The rock n'roll covers are great and played with a lot of energy (French still don't understand that Rock n' Roll must be played with a lot of energy... poor taste...) and this is where you can hear that the Beatles hits were enjoyable on records but on stage too.

All in all, a great boot. Some kind of time capsule which gives us a glimpse at the Beatlemania seen by French in the 60's (good luck...)